Basket Case (1982)
This is another cult classic from the 80s, similar to The Re-Animator, well regarded for the sheer over-the-top insanity of it. Although, this film is decidedly much lower budget than The Re-Animator. Its the story of a naive-looking young man who comes to the city with a giant basket with a lock on it. The basket contains Bilal - his half-formed, deranged separated conjoined twin. The two have arrived to have their revenge on the doctors who separated them by tracking them all down and killing them. Bilal also gets rid of anyone who gets in their way or gets too close to his brother. Usually in fairly gruesome ways. The effects are really cheap (most of the shots of Bilal doing anything are just arms reaching in from offscreen. However, this movie is fantastic if you like that kind of slightly campy, goofy low budget horror. Its just sheer insanity for most of the film.
Pumpkinhead (1988)
I am pretty sure I had seen this movie back in the late 80s or early 90s when I was renting horror films every weekend, but I didn't remember a whole lot about it going in. Turns out there isn't much to the plot to remember; its pretty straight forward:a grieving father unleashes a killer demon to get revenge on a bunch of teens who accidentally killed his son. The majority of the movie consists of Pumpkinhead stalking its victims through the woods at night. Thats not to say that I didn't enjoy it. A film doesn't have to be more complex than that for me to like it. I liked the effects on the Pumpkinhead creature, and the setting in the misty woods at night is nicely creepy. Add in the fact that the father is played by Lance Henrikson, who rules in every part he plays, and the result is an enjoyable monster flick
Night of the Demons (1988)
This is the original version of the remake I watched in Pt. 1. I had definitely seen this film a few times back in the early 90s, but after watching the remake, I decided to give the original another go.
Just like the remake, the story involves a party on Halloween that inadvertently releases a demon (or demons - this one isn't as clear as to if it is one demon or several like in the sequel) to predictable deadly results. The acting is pretty terrible, and there is an attempt to make a few of the characters "punk" without coming close to pulling it off (movies almost always fail at this). BUT, I enjoyed the demon effects and the the film is nicely gory, so that made up for the film's shortcomings.
This is another cult classic from the 80s, similar to The Re-Animator, well regarded for the sheer over-the-top insanity of it. Although, this film is decidedly much lower budget than The Re-Animator. Its the story of a naive-looking young man who comes to the city with a giant basket with a lock on it. The basket contains Bilal - his half-formed, deranged separated conjoined twin. The two have arrived to have their revenge on the doctors who separated them by tracking them all down and killing them. Bilal also gets rid of anyone who gets in their way or gets too close to his brother. Usually in fairly gruesome ways. The effects are really cheap (most of the shots of Bilal doing anything are just arms reaching in from offscreen. However, this movie is fantastic if you like that kind of slightly campy, goofy low budget horror. Its just sheer insanity for most of the film.
Pumpkinhead (1988)
I am pretty sure I had seen this movie back in the late 80s or early 90s when I was renting horror films every weekend, but I didn't remember a whole lot about it going in. Turns out there isn't much to the plot to remember; its pretty straight forward:a grieving father unleashes a killer demon to get revenge on a bunch of teens who accidentally killed his son. The majority of the movie consists of Pumpkinhead stalking its victims through the woods at night. Thats not to say that I didn't enjoy it. A film doesn't have to be more complex than that for me to like it. I liked the effects on the Pumpkinhead creature, and the setting in the misty woods at night is nicely creepy. Add in the fact that the father is played by Lance Henrikson, who rules in every part he plays, and the result is an enjoyable monster flick
Night of the Demons (1988)
This is the original version of the remake I watched in Pt. 1. I had definitely seen this film a few times back in the early 90s, but after watching the remake, I decided to give the original another go.
Just like the remake, the story involves a party on Halloween that inadvertently releases a demon (or demons - this one isn't as clear as to if it is one demon or several like in the sequel) to predictable deadly results. The acting is pretty terrible, and there is an attempt to make a few of the characters "punk" without coming close to pulling it off (movies almost always fail at this). BUT, I enjoyed the demon effects and the the film is nicely gory, so that made up for the film's shortcomings.
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